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Is that hair color too simian for comfort? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Donald Trump makes it awfully easy for people to get under his skin. Last month on Jay Leno, the comedian Bill Maher called the billionaire real estate mogul a liar and a "terrible racist" and spoke of "the syphilitic monkey who does his Twitter feed," but those insults didn't upset Trump nearly as much as when Maher said, "Suppose that perhaps Donald Trump had been the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan, because, well, I didn't just make this up. The color of his hair and the color of an orange orangutan is the only two things in nature of the same color. . . . I'm not saying it's true, I hope it's not true, but unless he comes up with proof, I'm willing to, I'm willing to offer five million dollars to Donald Trump that he can donate to a charity of his choice, Hair Club for Men, the Insitute for Incorrigible Douchebaggery, whatever charity . . ."

Trump charged after the bait the way a bull is supposed to go for a red cape. Within two days, he had a birth certificate in Maher's hands to prove that his father was really the human Fred C. Trump. Someone suggested to the Donald that Maher had not meant to be taken literally, however nasty his humor, but Trump would have none of it: “I don’t think he was joking. He said it with venom. That was venom. That wasn’t a joke. In fact, he was nervous when he said it; it was a pathetic delivery.”

Deriding Maher's comedic timing wasn't enough, though. On Monday, overlooking the fact that Maher's $5 million offer was clearly a reference to Trump's claim during the last presidential campaign that he would donate $5 million to charity if President Obama released his college transcripts along with his birth certificate, Trump announced he was suing Maher for the promised sum. He told Fox News, "You have breaking news! Big story! But he promised me five million dollars for charity if I provided certain information. Well, I provided the information. He didn't pay. So today I sue Bill Maher for five million dollars for charity. Yes, and my friends at Fox and Friends have it first!"